The Bizarre Adventures of the Oil Man, but Starting with Warhammer 32K

"Could it be that our...prophetic skills are too poor?"

The prophets did not know what to say.

Common sense would have been unacceptable to them, but compared to the idea of ​​destroying the High Heavens as well, this explanation was more acceptable.

"We are the Ark, who have deeply cultivated the art of warfare. Perhaps our skills are simply too low."

What’s more, the future is not fixed.

This explanation actually made the prophets feel better. They regained their spirits and began to discuss the prophetic scene.

Even though the prophecy was inaccurate and there might be a future where even the warp would be silent, the fact that the virgin world of Estherland would become a mechanical planet and the destruction of an ark was certain.

They still can't see who turned Eslan into this. The unknown is the most terrifying.

Even Iseram, who initially wanted to stay out of it, realized the seriousness of the situation. The prophets knew that what was about to happen on Iselan was by no means a small matter, but a major event that could affect the entire system.

They finally decided that they could not ignore the situation on Etherland:

"Gather the remaining Shrine Warriors. We may be about to engage in a battle that will determine the survival of our Ark."

PS: What is the blocked word E//V?

Chapter 260: The Prophecy of Destruction.

The question arises, that is to what extent will Rani Mayesh Ark be involved in this war?

It was against the nature of the Eldar to risk everything, not to mention that the Rani Mayesh Ark didn't have that many people to begin with.

"We have more than 10,000 tribal warriors on the Ark."

A war wizard introduced himself. As the one who taught the Way of the Prophet and the Way of the Warrior, he was responsible for the military management of the Ark: "The one thousand Aspect Warriors led by Keldos must be eliminated. There are still approximately three thousand Eldar warriors wandering across the starry sea. We must also retain about two thousand men for the basic defense of the Ark..."

This means that there are only 4,000 Eldar warriors left to be mobilized.

This number is a drop in the bucket for a war.

At critical moments, civilians on the Ark could also don war masks and gain a basic understanding of the art of war. But now was not the time for that, and Rani Mayesh did not have that many war masks prepared.

Isram suggested, "There are still Savage Eldar on Ysera, and their dragon riders are also valuable forces. If it is to protect the World Soul, I think they will come out in full force."

The Chief Prophet agreed with this statement, but he also shook his head and said, "It's not enough."

They would need to send a stronger force, and if the living were not enough, they would have to seek help from the dead.

The other prophets were a little incredulous: "You mean the Nether Construct?"

Just like the shield generator in Leon's hand, the elves also have their own ways of using soul stones.

This thing is not only a prop for preserving souls. At critical moments, as long as it is stuffed into a specially made Netherworld construct, it can act as "wetware" and control the construct to return to the battlefield.

Of course, just like the Skitarii, the Nether Constructs need the Prophet's psychic power to assist them in order to fight normally. Otherwise, they will be like a drunk person, unable to even stand up, as they lack the means to perceive the outside world.

Special also are the Nether Knights, who must be operated in conjunction with a living Eldar who is a twin of the deceased. These armored knights, which are larger than the Imperial Knights, can use the power of the dead to activate psychic weapon systems, while also displaying elegance and agility that is inconsistent with their huge size.

But the most important thing is that soul stones are needed to drive these things.

"Our Ark's Soul Stones were just stolen. Do we really still want to use them? Use our ancestors to help others fight a war to defend their homeland?"

"We need them. Isram has told us that the humans have armored units with incredible firepower. We don't have the corresponding heavy armor on the Ark. If we want to deal with them, we can only activate the Nether Construct."

“Even so, that’s…!”

"If we don't give it our all, we might lose more than just the Soul Stone."

The Chief Prophet rejected all objections. He raised his hand to suppress the doubts in the Council of Prophets and made a decision without question:

"One hundred Nether Knights, all out."

No one could raise any objections, but doubts remained deep in their hearts.

The prophets left one after another, each to carry out their own tasks, and the entire Ark began to operate in a state of combat readiness.

Craftsmen began to inspect the status of the netherworld constructs, warriors began to mobilize for battle, and prophets began to prepare the ritual to awaken the souls of their ancestors.

Islam was assigned the task of contacting the Savage Eldar and coordinating their Dragon Knight Legion. But just as he was about to return to Ysera, the Chief Prophet stopped him.

"Iseram. We are risking everything in this battle. If we fail, this decision will backfire on the entire Ark."

Isram understood this, and he promised: "I will do everything in my power to bring utter destruction to our enemies and rid them of that horrific prophecy!"

The Chief Prophet nodded, but his eyes showed no relief, only deeper worry: "Not only that... I have sent someone to contact Samhan Ark."

Samhan?

Of course, Isram knew of the behemoth that roamed the Pacific Sector. It was one of the first Arks to leave the Ancient Elven Empire and one of the largest Arks still in existence. They possessed a force ten times their own, making adept use of anti-gravity airships and motorcycles, and were renowned throughout the galaxy for their guerrilla warfare, harassment, and rapid attacks.

Rani Mayesh was able to train so many warriors thanks to his communication with them.

"Is it necessary... to this extent?"

Even as the leader of the prophecy just now, Isram still asked subconsciously.

The prophet did not answer his question but just shook his head.

"Hold them back, Isram. Win or lose, hold them back until Samhan's reinforcements arrive."

Isram bowed deeply, but at the moment he lowered his head, an inexplicable panic gripped his heart.

So much preparation, so much preparation. This doesn't feel like a war, it feels more like...

sucker Punch.

He didn't dare to voice this thought out loud, but solemnly agreed: "In the name of Kane, I will live up to your trust."

As he turned to leave, the reliefs on the Ark's coffin wall that depicted the Ark's ancient history seemed to be looking at him with compassion.

-

More than a month has passed since the technology of Gardenar was retrieved.

Leon has made great progress on the "Spartan Project".

The UNSC in the Halo world has rudimentary faster-than-light technology and inter-universe communication technology, and is free from the unpredictable influence of the Warp. But even so, the UNSC is still caught in the crisis of border division just like the Empire in Warhammer.

As the cost of counterinsurgency operations gradually increased, the people of that world began to seek a way to resolve the crisis of large-scale war with smaller-scale battles. The Spartan Reconstruction Plan was born in response to this.

This Halo-inspired transformation aims to transform humans into unstoppable demigods, replacing large-scale counterinsurgency operations with elite, small-scale combat.

Although the war with the Covenant broke out later, and these Spartans were thrown into the battlefield against the Covenant, especially on Reach, and failed to achieve their original goal, the fact that they beat the Covenant's animal friends to the point that they called them "devils" was enough to prove how these warriors could defeat thousands of enemies on the battlefield.

Sounds a lot like the Astartes, doesn't it? After all, the Astartes were created to reclaim the lost territories of humanity after the Great Silence.

But there are still differences. At least the Spartan strengthening surgery does not involve the monsters in the subspace. It is a purely physical strengthening surgery.

Although "Halo" also involves a bunch of messy things like the Creator and the Flood in the end, at least this enhancement technology does not rely on gene seeds, and there is no possibility of being connected by the subspace.

In Li Ang's view, this has both advantages and disadvantages.

The disadvantage is that they lack some metaphysical bonuses. Spartan warriors are unlikely to become the protagonists of this universe, and it is difficult for them to have the kind of idealistic explosive power that is difficult to explain at critical moments like the Astartes.

But on the other hand, since this thing does not involve any conceptual metaphysical factors, there will be no special cases like Astartes being contaminated or unable to resist the call of the Father of Genes.

Considering that this transformation surgery can be promoted on a large scale, Li Ang feels that not being affected by idealistic forces is more beneficial than harmful.

Judging from basic performance alone, the Spartan-II's performance after wearing the "Thor's Hammer" power armor is only one step behind that of an ordinary Astartes, and can be said to be a true little Astartes.

However, the Spartan-II enhancements, like those of the Astartes, required the selection of genetically superior adolescents, and the failure rate of the enhancements was just as high. While their costs matched those of the Astartes, they lacked the convenient genetic material of gene-seeds.

Li Ang intends to practice the Spartan IV transformation technology, which has poorer performance but higher universality.

By inducing muscle and bone regrowth rather than directly converting bones into ceramic alloys, and by increasing myelin rather than replacing bioelectric neurons with superconducting fibers, the adult-sized Spartan-IV significantly reduced the cost of Spartan transformation surgery while maintaining acceptable combat effectiveness.

As for the remaining mechanical implants and artificial organ implants, these technologies are already mature in Warhammer, with a clear basis and not much technical difficulty.

Li Ang is satisfied that this enhanced surgery can be promoted on a large scale.

"Isn't this much better than that useless glandular warrior enhancement surgery of the Mechanicum?"

Besides mechanized blasting, the Mechanicus's enhancement methods involve implanting glands that act as automatic stimulants. While effective, these surgeries are crude, creating mostly pure combat machines, far inferior to the sophisticated Spartan transformations.

When the combat power of the two is similar, the Spartan warriors have more agile thinking and better tactical coordination, which is far superior to the common transformation methods in the Warhammer universe except Astartes.

The only drawback is that the physical condition of Spartan IV soldiers will decline under long-term high-intensity combat, and they will need professional medical staff to provide maintenance.

However, since this company has the only transformation technology and wants to launch this enhancement surgery as a product, Li Ang thinks this is actually an advantage.

Even if they are not as good as the Spartan-IIs and Astartes, their endurance is far better than that of ordinary mortal troops, and there is no possibility that buyers will look down on them because of this.

Providing corresponding medical services is also a considerable source of income, enough to bind customers to their own foundry world for a long time.

As for the Undead Army, this transformation surgery can also be promoted.

Maybe I could also modify a few super soldiers according to the standards of the Spartan-II to have some fun with?

It remains to be seen how the Spartan would perform without the matching Thor's Hammer Power Armor, but Leon does have CMC Power Armor and the matching Soul Stone Shield Generator.

As long as the CMC power armor is slightly improved and strengthened and tailored for these warriors, it may be possible to COS the Thor's Hammer power armor with a shield generator.

The research on enhanced surgery was going smoothly, but Li Ang was still worried when he thought about the power armor.

"Cold fusion..."

I don't know if it's because the underlying code doesn't support it or if humanity has lost the technology. Cold fusion technology, which is as common as eating and drinking in other science fiction works, is nowhere to be found in Warhammer.

This thing is like the underlying logic of other science fiction works. It can be said that without this technology, most science fiction works would not be valid.

To be honest, thermonuclear fusion and cold nuclear fusion do have their own advantages and disadvantages. After all, the energy efficiency of thermonuclear fusion is much higher than that of cold nuclear fusion, but the advantage of cold nuclear fusion in convenience is unmatched.

Whether it was CMC or Thor's Hammer, the way to solve the problem of miniaturization of power sources in their original world was always to throw a small cold fusion core on it, so that they would not have to carry a huge power backpack to fight like the Space Marines.

If cold nuclear fusion could be developed, Leon wouldn't have to prepare a basket of energy batteries as supplies, and the technology he had would be more adaptable to Warhammer's poor logistics system.

It's a pity that I can't do it, and I don't know when I can see any results.

Li Ang sighed and decided to focus on developing enhancement surgery as a way to make money first.

He waved his hand and summoned the clerical servitor at the door. "Have the Astropath contact Holo and give him a copy of the pharmacist's criteria for screening test subjects. Have him help me select a few candidates for transformation. Also, summon the biological priests; I need to train them in enhanced surgery."

The mechanic servant took the order but didn't leave immediately. He handed over a report, the contents of which surprised Leon slightly, but were not unexpected.

"We've detected a number of suspicious signs. We suspect they're the Eldar's movements, correct?"

With the tireless efforts of the Truth Hunters, they have basically wiped out the Eldar in the underground ruins within this month, and finally pieced together about 700 bean sprout corpses.

The Eldar are a petty and vengeful race, it would be strange if they did not retaliate for this.

Li Ang began to calculate the results of the previous actions to provide a reference for subsequent deployments.

The Undead Army suffered approximately one thousand casualties in the underground operation, and the Truth Hunters, who were the main force in the pursuit, also suffered approximately twenty casualties.

Being able to achieve this exchange ratio in the battle against the Eldar was already a major victory, but Leon was not very satisfied with the performance of the Truth Hunters.

This wasn't a battle, but an encirclement and annihilation. The Eldar had been stripped of their command and were divided, each fighting on their own. Despite their overwhelming advantage, they still managed to end up like this.

Of course, those who fell among the Truth Hunters were ordinary Astartes who were reformed from the Soul Drinkers. None of the truly elite Monster Hunters were killed.

This made Leon realize that he had to hurry up and send these Astartes to the Blue Planet for training as soon as possible.

But before that, he had to deal with the Eldar's counterattack first.

In the report, both the hunters and Raynor emphasized that they had found traces of large dragon species' activities, as well as footprints left by large mechas being moved.

Leon converted these sighting reports into a holographic map.

Over the past month, in order to gather resources, his sphere of influence had expanded fifty kilometers from his base. However, the Eldar reportedly retreated to an area a hundred kilometers away.

Combined with the previous clues, the answer is already obvious.

The Eldar are not retreating, they are simply making room for a larger offensive.

"Notify all units to enter level one combat readiness. Have Mercado withdraw the mining team and reinforce the defenses. At the same time, take the soul stones we've collected to the transport fleet and notify Christina to have his Titan Legion ready."

Leon thought for a moment and then ordered, "Call Sergeants Sharokin and Arlo."

The Eldar are preparing for a decisive battle, but they are also revealing their true colors.

Protected by the World Soul, they were originally untraceable. But now, Leon felt that his hunters and stealth experts should be able to catch some traces of those wild elves.

The storm is coming.

This time, it’s not just a cat and mouse game.

Chapter 261 The war breaks out again.